Infonetics Research Ups Its Carrier Ethernet Equipment Forecast to $40.2 Billion by 2015

Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its latest Carrier Ethernet Equipment market size, market share, and forecast report.

“The carrier Ethernet equipment market continues to grow strongly, so much so that we’ve increased our long-term forecast from $37.5 billion to $40.2 billion by 2015. Some market segments are growing faster while others are slowing faster than we originally anticipated. The largest downward changes are in the Ethernet microwave and VDSL equipment segments, and the largest upward change is in the hot carrier Ethernet switch segment,” explains Michael Howard, principal analyst for carrier networks and co-founder of Infonetics Research.

CARRIER ETHERNET EQUIPMENT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Infonetics expects the global carrier Ethernet equipment market to finish 2011 up 15.7% to $32.0 billion, following a 30.5% hike in 2010
• Service provider investment in carrier Ethernet equipment continues to outpace overall telecom capex, which Infonetics expects to be up 6% in 2011
• The carrier Ethernet equipment market is being driven chiefly by the move to packet-based IP next-generation networks and growing consumer, business, and mobile backhaul traffic, particularly video traffic
• The carrier move to packet depends heavily on IP, MPLS, and Ethernet, as operators gradually employ the use of Ethernet transport instead of SONET/SDH
• Mobile backhaul continues to be a particular growth area for carrier Ethernet, with IP/Ethernet equipment expected to make up 95% of all mobile backhaul spending by 2015
• The largest carrier Ethernet investments are in routers, carrier Ethernet switches (CES), and optical gear, which together make up more than two-thirds of the total carrier Ethernet market
• Cisco leads the carrier Ethernet switch market with 45% of global revenue, with no close competitors
• ADVA and Ciena lead the fast-growing global Ethernet access device (EAD) market

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ Carrier Ethernet report measures use and penetration of, and investment in, carrier Ethernet products in service provider networks. The report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, analysis, and forecasts for all carrier Ethernet equipment in service provider networks, including carrier Ethernet switches, IP core routers, IP edge routers, SONET/SDH Ethernet equipment, WDM Ethernet equipment, VDSL, fiber and copper Ethernet access devices, EPON, Ethernet and dual Ethernet/TDM microwave equipment, and carrier Ethernet ports by speed.

Companies tracked include Actelis, ADTRAN, ADVA, Alaxala, Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Ciena, Cisco, ECI, Ericsson, Extreme, FibroLAN, Fujitsu, Hatteras, Hitachi-Cable, Huawei, Infinera, IPITEK, Juniper, MRV, NEC, NexComm, Nokia Siemens, OneAccess, Overture, Positron, RAD Data, Sycamore, Telco Systems/ANDA, Tellabs, Telrad, Transmode, Zhone, ZTE, and others.

SALES

• Larry Howard - Western N. America, Asia, CALA: larry@infonetics.com +1-408-583-3335
• Scott Coyne - Eastern N. America, Texas, Midwest: scott@infonetics.com +1-408-583-3395
• George Stojsavljevic - EMEA: george@infonetics.com +44-755-488-1623
• Japan, Taiwan, Korea: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

RELATED MARKET RESEARCH

• Cisco storms back in IP Edge market, Huawei posts biggest loss
• Telecom capex up 6% to $311B in 2011, rev. up 8% to $1.86T, driven by mobile broadband
• Survey confirms carriers want to integrate IPoDWDM and OTN optics into routers
• Majority of carriers plan IPv6 in 2011; caching, CDN critical to reduce traffic loads
• Service providers capitalize on Ethernet, IP MPLS VPN services; $78B market by 2015
• Small cell backhaul driven by capacity, coverage, quality; all-IP/Ethernet backhaul imminent
• White Paper: How Carrier Ethernet solves the challenges of LTE mobile backhaul

Download prospectuses, tables of contents, highlights, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login.

UPCOMING/RECENT MARKET FORECASTS AND SURVEYS

• Small Cell Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (Nov. 2011)
• Small Cell and LTE Backhaul Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (Nov. 2011)
• Ethernet and IP MPLS VPN Services (Dec. 14)
• Small Cell Equipment (2012)
• Small Cell Coverage Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey (2012)

Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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